Alex Gallo

Alex Gallo is a "graduate of the United States Military Academy and served as an infantry officer in Samarra, Iraq, in 2004. He received a Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in Iraq. Currently, he is a masters in public-policy candidate" at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[1], where he is "the course assistant for Bill Kristol's 'Can America be Governed?'"Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Gallo is an advocate for wounded Veterans. He planned and led the first Harvard-wide fundraiser for wounded service members engaged in the Global War on Terrorism.

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Gallo, who "grew up in Knowlton, New Jersey as a third-generation Italian-American", served as a U.S. Army captain and as "the executive officer of a company of 360 soldiers within the 1st Infantry Division, deployed in late 2003 when Iraq took a turn for the worse. Gallo led dangerous missions to hunt down insurgents, fought in the battle of Samarra and engaged in reconstruction efforts."[2]

Gallo "received his commission after West Point and was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia during the 9/11 attacks. ... Gallo soon found himself in Germany and Kosovo and then deployed to Iraq."[3]